﻿<p>The text literal is a geometric representation item which describes a text
string using a string literal and additional position and path information. The
text size and appearance is determined by the <em>IfcTextStyle</em> that is
associated to the <em>IfcTextLiteral</em> through an
<em>IfcStyledItem</em>.</p>
<p>The text string is placed within the planar extent (the box) defined within
the subtype <em>IfcTextLiteralWithExtent</em>.</p>
<blockquote class="note">NOTE&nbsp; Entity adapted from
<strong>text_literal</strong> defined in ISO10303-46</blockquote>
<blockquote class="history">HISTORY&nbsp; New entity in IFC2x2.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="change-ifc2x3">IFC2x3 CHANGE&nbsp; The
<em>IfcTextLiteral</em> has been changed by removing <em>Font</em> and
<em>Alignment</em>.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="deprecated">DEPRECATION&nbsp; The use of
<em>IfcTextLiteral</em> is deprecated and it will be made
abstract.</blockquote>